This collection includes theses and dissertations from the College of Arts and Sciences. It is not exhaustive since most paper theses and dissertations have not been digitized. Generally, paper copies of theses and dissertations published prior to 2014 can be accessed in the University of Louisville Libraries. If you would like to add your thesis or dissertation to this collection, please fill out the Electronic Theses & Dissertations form.
Theses/Dissertations from 2024
Using the state-reinforced self-governance framework to evaluate neighborhood revitalization in the choice neighborhoods initiative., Gifty Amma Adusei
You don’t look sick: Epistemic injustice, ethos, and embodied expertise in narratives of chronic illness., Caitlin Burns Allen
Social undermining among police officers in the United States., Weston B. Anderson
Faculty and "Teams": Academic literacies in the post-lockdown, digital university., Morgan Alexandria Blair
Utilizing metal ligand cooperativity to activate small molecules., Christine Burgan
Ligand-stabilized SnO2 as a high-performance and scalable electron transport material for inverted perovskite solar cells., Sashil Chapagain
That limbless sign the thesis document., Donna R. Charging
Predicting the effects of precipitation on groundwater contamination near capped and uncapped coal ash storage facilities in Louisville, Kentucky., Daryl Jialiang Chen
Alabaster glory., Chloe Cheng
Preserving archaeology in the digital age: Evaluating strategies for effective curation and database management., Cenetria Leshun Crockett
The superhero gothic: The montrous hero to the heroic monster in the twentieth century., John Darowski
An investigation into the structural features that control factor xiii stability and substrate specificity., Rameesa Darul Amne Syed Mohammed
Origin stories., Danielle Deeley
Examination of solutrean lithic technology at the Vale Boi site, Southwestern Portugal., Jordan Durham
The utilization of grassroots organizing by Black women pioneers to achieve reproductive justice., Madison Ruth Ellsworth
Applying exploratory learning methods to sociopolitical beliefs and cognition., Sarah French
Inside the dojo of digital media: What marginalized student perspectives reveal about multiliteracy center practices., Lauren Fusilier
Children's beliefs about search engines., Lauren N. Girouard-Hallam
Transforming into a politically engaged actor through Gem of the Ocean., Tajleed Steven Hardy
Exploring resilience with neuroimaging: Moderators of the impacts of childhood traumatic stress on fear processing., Karisa June Hunt
Investigations of physical properties of novel magnetic and non- magnetic two-dimensional (2D) alloys., Mohammed Ameen Irziqat
Class of 1884: Black education in Louisville and the inaugural graduating class of Central colored high school., Jordan Tierre Jackson-Collins
Art justice: The Nazi aesthetic, cultural theft, and restitution in the 21st century., Kathryn Elaina Jacob
Engaging for a cause: How nonprofits can leverage theory to maximize video engagement on Instagram., Aiko A. A. A. Jones
The affable Raphael: Milton's surrogate instructor in paradise lost., Beau Kilpatrick
Adding texture through historical research: using dramaturgy to aid in the creation of Elizabeth (Bess) Borney., Nyazia Brittany Martin
Winter's threads., Andrew Wesley Messer
Preventing the violent (re)victimization of sexual minority populations: the role of social support networks., Bryan Charles Moore
Sustainable methodologies for synthesis of small organic molecules using micellar catalysis., Deborah Sam Ogulu
Are the good times really over for good? American political nostalgia's relationship with rurality, authoritarianism, and victimhood., Chancellor R. Peterson
Understanding land uses and their manifestations across the rural-urban continua of Rangpu, Bangladesh and Louisville, Kentucky., Md Jakirul Islam Jony Prothan
Development of a high-resolution mid-infrared spectroscopy apparatus for the study of methane and other astrochemical molecules., S M Shah Riyadh
Do American bison practice democracy? Group consensus decision making drives bison herd movements and cohesion., Matthew Sapien
The impersonation artist: A novel with critical afterword: Displacement and dissent in fiction and art., Flora K. Schildknecht
A qualitative inquiry into the intersectionality of race, gender, and social networks in STEM education., La'Ree Alexandria Shontee
Authentic fake: Authenticity and authentication., Suyun Son
Strategy-proof social choice functions on Condorcet domains., Flannery Marie Musk Wells
Synthesis, electrical conductivity, electrocatalytic activity for water splitting, and pseudocapacitive properties of perovskite oxide derivatives., Kinithi Meththa Kumari Wickramaratne
As the night is lit: The nocturnal urban landscapes of Childe Hassam., Diana M. Wilder
Suspension of the scoundrel: Applying mental health strategies to the acting process., Nicholas Wills
W.E. B. Du Bois and Audre Lorde's pan-african development: Remedies for the problem of othering., J.E. Young
Theses/Dissertations from 2023
Fbg αC 389 – 402 modulates Factor XIII crosslinking in the fibrinogen αC region., Francis Dean Orlina Ablan
“Difference in/at the center" a transnational approach for mobilizing international multilingual graduate writers' writing assets during writing instruction., Olalekan Adepoju
First principles study of 2D polar heterostructures., Safia Abdullah R Alharbi
Perovskite oxide derivatives for enhanced electrochemical water splitting and pseudocapacitor applications., Md. Sofiul Alom
Formalizing the Faustian bargain within the healthcare domain: an end-of-life approach., Rachel Appel
Scalable solution processing of NiOx nanoparticles., Peter James Armstrong
Connections between polyvictimization, daily stress, emotion regulation, and mental health symptoms: An ecological momentary assessment study., Zoe L. Bridges-Curry
To hell with 'that' religion: Malcolm X and an africana critical theory of religion., Jimmy Butts
Breaking virulent: The coincidental evolution of virulence factors in bacteria., Rhiannon Emmanuelle Cecil
Perception is reality! How perception shapes our world., Nicole Clay
False memories are impacted by semantic pairing of DRM lists., Ryan Coleman
The forest for the trees: how a local arboretum shapes rhetoric and discourse surrounding environmentalism., Cooper Day
The red deeps: a retelling of George Eliot's the mill on the floss., Emily Denton
Someone, stop her! The musical (the gallery show): The thesis document., Hannah DeWitt
The self-consistent field energy landscape and its application to describing electron correlation., Xinju (Spancer) Dong
The evolution of empathy: through the lens of a rodent model., Caroline Driscoll-Braden
Regeneration: restorative theatre practice in theatre education., Sarah Elston
Public space and well-being: an empirical study of Central Park in Old Louisville., Maryam Entezam
Mechanism and kinetics of photocatalytic partial oxidation of methane on single site MOx reaction centers., Clint Evrard
“The urgent necessity for more original creative works by transgender and gender expansive artists" is not the title of my thesis., Alicia Fireel
Spirits in my studio., Katelyn Gabbard
Understanding the impacts of global change: from students to microbes., Kylea Garces
The well-tempered android: philosophical posthumanism in science fiction cinema., Cody Gault
Paragons of art and nature in eighteenth-century British aesthetic theory., Eduard Ghita
From androgyny to binary and back: a qualitative analysis of nonbinary TikToks., Savannah Hatton
A machine learning approach to constructing Ramsey graphs leads to the Trahtenbrot-Zykov problem., Emily Hawboldt
Effects of a protection zone in a reaction-diffusion model with strong Allee effect., Isaac Johnson
The conceptual compression of space and time as intimated in the depiction of the horse in China, circa 1250 BCE-CE 400., Robert Jones
Super p-sulfur cathodes for quasi-solid-state lithium-sulfur-batteries., Milinda Bharatha Kalutara Koralalage
Structural, magnetic, electrical, pseudocapacitive, and electrocatalytic properties of bilayered ruddlesden-popper oxides., Chandana Kananke-Gamage
Working for yourself: A guide for performers with learning difference., Sa'id "Nxttime" Kelly
Development of nonorthogonal wavefunction theories and application to multistate reaction processes., Emily Kempfer
Author(iz)ing literacy: a rhetorical/historical analysis of literacy for college readiness in Kentucky from KERA to the Common Core (and beyond)., Susannah Kilbourne
Biotic and abiotic factors contributing to the invasion success of microstegium vimineum in eastern deciduous forests., Kimberly Koenig
Second nature: Impressions of place., Trish Korte
Rainforests of the mind: Conceiving transnational composition from a mobilities perspective on knowledge., Tobias Lee
Non-western rendition of ambient rhetoric of Khajuraho monuments., Shiva Hari Mainaly
Agency in learning and e-learning through the lens of disability and inclusivity., Marta Martin
Interactive computer-based simulations as exploratory learning activities., Derek McClellan
Penalized Bayesian exponential random graph models., Vicki Modisette
Electrodeposition studies of gold nanoparticles and alginate hydrogel films., Harikrishnan Nambiathan Nambiar
Mach and froude numbers on Mars., Camella-Rosa Nasr
Children's beliefs about hierarchical structures and relationships., Megan Norris
Computational investigations of bond breaking processes using DFT and TD-DFT approaches., Saurav Parmar
The landscape does not care it is a landscape: A utopian pessimist journey in Kentucky., Shachaf Polakow
BioCaRGOS: Capture and release gels for optimized storage of biologics., Chinmay Shashank Potnis
Tropical understory and canopy twig ants (pseudomyrmex): natural history, sensory homing, and neuroecology., Daniella Prince
From "smart talk" to "living well": Commonplaces and their role in narratives of rare disease., Caitlin E. Ray
New methodologies for sustainable organic synthesis in water., Sudripet Sharma
Critical regionality & alternative pedagogies in Eastern Kentucky., Zachary Shelton
Communicating in crisis: Rhetorical (de)stabilization during the COVID-19 pandemic., Brittany Nicole Smart
Embodying an afrofuturist character on stage: A case study in the performance of Sarah B. in Afromemory., Candace S. Spencer
